Honeywell’s Thermostat Competes With Nest

As every gadget you own starts to get more and more personalized with the advent of new advances in technology, why should thermostats be left behind? Honeywell introduces the newest in its range of thermostats, the Lyric. This one’s a winner, because it is acclaimed to be faster than Google’s Nest as well.

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Ringing in the smart-home revolution, the Lyric thermostat will be the first of its kind on the market to will make use of geo-fencing technology to conveniently heat up your surroundings.

Meet Honeywell Lyric

Priced at $279, the Lyric incorporates a vigorous functioning of code as well as heating to give you temperature that changes according to your location from home. The thermostat is capable of detecting your location starting from 500 feet all the way up to 7 miles away.

Setting The Temperature Right

Whether you’re on your way back from work on about to leave your house, the Lyric will detect your location and turn up or turn off the heating or cooling accordingly. The weather outside is also an important factor for Lyric to determine what temperature to set. The fact that Lyric runs on proximity and not predictability makes it extremely reliable.

How It Works

Although Honeywell isn’t generally very tech-savvy in its products, the Lyric is expected to be the first smart device in what the brand claims is its smart home platform. The device comes with an accompanying software the is compatible with both iOS and Android devices. What this means for you, is that you can control and adjust temperatures right from your Smartphone or tablet.

Sensors And Display

Sophisticated and sleek, Lyric contains inbuilt signals that sense proximity and turn the display on to show the current temperature and status. Every time the temperature gets adjusted automatically, the edges of Lyric will light up ever so discreetly, with an orange for heating, blue for cooling or green for saving energy.